Chapter 7 His. Review
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- Abigail Adams
- John Adam's wife, she appealed to her husband to protect the rights of women. a member of the Daughters of Liberty
- Common Sense
- a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that claimed the colonies had a right to be an independent nation
- Patrick Henry
- "...give me liberty or give me death", "I am an American not a Virginian" a leader of the American Revolution and a famous orator who spoke out against British rule of the American colonies (1736-1799)
- Ethan Allan
- he was the leader of the Green Mountinve boys and attacked Fort Ticonderoga along with Gen. Benedict Arnold and won
- boycott
- a group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies
- Serapis
- What British ship surrendered to the Americans after a difficult battle? When John Paul Jones made his famous quote,"I have not yet begun to fight",after his main artillary was taken out.
- Lord Dunmore's Proclamation
- drew to the British side thousands of slaves willing to fight in exchange for their freedom.
- Nathan Hale
- a soldier of the American Revolution who was hanged as a spy by the British. His last words were supposed to have been 'I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country' (1755-1776)
- John Paul Jones
- Patriot naval leader who commanded the American ship Bonhomme Richard, which defeated the British ship Serapis in 1779. "I have not yet begun to fight"
- General Von Steuben
- He trained the American troops, focusing on basic military drills at Valley Forge and spoke little English. Prussian officer.
- James Otis
- "no taxation without representation"
- Paul Revere
- "one if by land, two if by sea." rode through Lexington to warn minutemen of the british coming.
- Over Mountain Men
- a band of mostly Scots-Irish fighters from the Tennessee region beyond the Appalachian Mountains.
- William Prescott
- "don't fire until you see the whites of thier eyes" at battle of Bunker Hill 1775
- "The shot hear round the world"
- the shot that started the Revolutionary War at the Battle of Lexington. know one knows who fired it.
- Battle of Brandywine Creek
- 1777-the British met Washington's troops; miscommunication caused the Patriots to loose almost twice as many casualties as the British; Howe allowed retreat
- Horatio Gates
- led Patriot forces at Camden. he thought he had twice as many men fighting with him and in addition he fed his troops molasses and cornmeal which made them ill.
- George Rogers Clark
- Leader of the Over Mountain Men that captured British-controlled Fort Vincennes in the Ohio Valley in 1779.
- Bernardo de Galvez
- governor of Spanish Louisiana, favored the Patriots, secretly supplied goods to Americans-southwestern frontier
- Benedict Arnold
- United States general and traitor in the American Revolution.
- Comte de Rochambeau
- French general who commanded French troops in the American Revolution, notably at Yorktown (1725-1807)
- Frances Marion
- The best at guerilla warfare, nicknamed "The Swamp Fox"
- Battle at Montreal
- September 1775; Richard Montgomery won this battle against British in Canada
- General Howe
- 1 of 3 british generals, was in wars: Dorchester Heights, New York, New Jersey, and Brandywine Creek. Let Washington retreat at Brandywine Creek
- Long Riffle
- also known as the Kentucky rifle; originally used of hunting game; more accurate and greater distance ((harder to reload))
- Green Mountain Men
- a group of men from prestent-day Vermont, insisted that they would take their guns and go home rather than follow anyone besides their leader.
- Battle of Bunker Hill
- 1775-First major battle of the Revolutions. It showed that the Americans could hold their own, but the British were also not easy to defeat. Ultimately, the Americans were forced to withdraw after running out of ammunition, and Bunker Hill was in British hands. However, the British suffered more deaths.